| FA-52398-06 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Christina Y. Bethin | The Form and Function of Prominence in Slavic Languages | 9/1/2006 - 6/30/2007 | $40,000.00 | Christina | Y. | Bethin | | | | SUNY Research Foundation, Stony Brook | Stony Brook | NY | 11794-0001 | USA | 2005 | Slavic Languages | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
Prominence is central to distinguishing words in languages, and it is usually described as a convergence of certain properties (stress, tone, high pitch, or vowel length) on a given syllable. In Slavic languages, however, these properties do not always converge on the obvious prominent position in a word and thus Slavic presents a compelling case for studying prominence. This project focuses on the stress-based Slavic languages and specifically on the phonology and morphology of their unstressed syllables in order to determine exactly how prominence functions and how it changed over time. |